Busuttil welcomes Marlene Farrugia’s call for debate with Muscat

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil yesterday expressed his support for a debate between Partit Demokratiku leader Marlene Farrugia and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in Żurrieq.

Dr Farrugia challenged the Prime Minister to a debate after he announced that he would be contesting on the 5th district, the PD leader’s home district.

Speaking after a visit to the MaltaPost offices in Qormi, Dr Busuttil said that he had waited three years for Dr Muscat to accept his offer for a debate and would not expect him to accept Dr Farrugia’s proposal.

In the last election Dr Farrugia garnered 2,525 first-count votes as a Labour MP, but she resigned from the party in November 2015 and later launched a new party which is now part of a coalition with the PN known as Forza Nazzjonali.

Dr Busuttil said that MaltaPost was a leading example in how privatisation can be beneficial to everyone. “We have long championed diversification in the economy, in sectors that people never thought was possible, like aviation, the gaming sector, and the financial services sector.”

He also urged the Prime Minister to appear before the PANA Committee to answer questions related to the Panama Papers scandal. Dr Busuttil said that Muscat must give answers because the country’s reputation is at stake. Dr Muscat said he would appear before the committee but only after the Egrant inquiry is concluded.